The 7.3-magnitude quake hit the area near the Iranian-Iraqi border, claiming lives of more than 415 people in the region and forced tens of thousands of people to leave their houses.
More than 400 people were killed in Iran and at least 6,700 were injured. Local officials said the death toll would rise as search and rescue teams reached remote areas of Iran.
Iraq: Moment massive #earthquake struck pic.twitter.com/jAvRdBq01S
— Press TV (@PressTV) 13 Kasım 2017
Some 70,000 people were in need of temporary housing because of the natural disaster.
The earthquake was felt in several western provinces of Iran, but the hardest hit province was Kermanshah, which announced three days of mourning. The semi-official ILNA news agency said at least 14 provinces in Iran had been affected by the earthquake.
The Iraqi Red Crescent said that as many as eight people were killed and at least 420 others were injured in Iraq in the earthquake.
The quake has been also felt in other regional countries such as Turkey, Kuwait, Armenia, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bahrain
Following the earthquake, about 15 aftershocks have been registered.
The magnitude 7.3 quake was centred 19 miles (31 kilometres) outside the eastern Iraqi city of Halabja, according to the most recent measurements from the U.S. Geological Survey.
